Pemulwuy

Pemulwuy
Nationality	Eora
Other names	Pimbloy, Pemulvoy, Pemulwoy, Bimblewove, Bumbleway
Occupation	Political leader
Known for	Resistance to British occupation of Sydney area
Movement	Aboriginal resistance
Children	Tedbury
Website	http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/AS10389b.htm

Pemulwuy's War
Date 1790-1802 Location Botany Bay, Liverpool, Parramatta, Hawkesbury River, New South Wales Result British victory, Pemulwuy's death
Belligerents
British colonists	Aboriginal Australians
Commanders and leaders
Governor Arthur Phillip (1790 - 1792) Governor John Hunter (1795 - 1800) Governor Philip Gidley King (1800 - 1802)	Pemulwuy †

Battle of Parramatta
Date March 1797 Location Parramatta, New South Wales Result British victory, capture of Pemulwuy
Belligerents
British soldiers European settlers	Aboriginal Australians
Commanders and leaders
	Pemulwuy
Strength
	100 (est.)
Casualties and losses
13 soldiers killed 1 militia settler wounded	32 killed (est.) Pemulwuy captured

Pemulwuy (also known as, Pimbloy, Pemulvoy, Pemulwoy, Pemulwye) (c. 1750 – 2 June 1802) was an Aboriginal Australian man born around 1750 in the area of Botany Bay in New South Wales. He is noted for his resistance to the European settlement of Australia which began with the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788. He is believed to have been a member of the Bidjigal (Bediagal) clan of the Eora people.

Pemulwuy was a member of the Bidjigal people, who were the original inhabitants of Toongabbie and Parramatta in Sydney. He lived near Botany Bay. Pemulwuy became a kadaicha man of his tribe. Pemulwuy would hunt meat and provide it to the food-challenged new colony in exchange for goods. However, in 1790 Pemulwuy began a twelve-year guerilla war against the British, which continued until his death.

When Pemulwuy grew into manhood he became Bembul Wuyan, which represents "the earth and the crow". According to historian Richard Green "he wasn't very impressed with the mix of cultures. He preferred that we stayed within our own peoples." Another name for him was "Butu Wargun" which means "crow".

On 9 December 1790, a shooting party left for Botany Bay, including a sergeant of marines and three convicts, including Governor Phillip's gamekeeper John McIntyre. According to Watkin Tench:

About one o’clock, the sergeant was awakened by a rustling noise in the bushes near him, and supposing it to proceed from a kangaroo, called to his comrades, who instantly jumped up. On looking about more narrowly, they saw two natives with spears in their hands, creeping towards them, and three others a little farther behind. As this naturally created alarm, McIntyre said, “don’t be afraid, I know them,” and immediately laying down his gun, stepped forward, and spoke to them in their own language. The Indians, finding they were discovered, kept slowly retreating, and McIntyre accompanied them about a hundred yards, talking familiarly all the while. One of them now jumped on a fallen tree and, without giving the least warning of his intention, launched his spear at McIntyre and lodged it in his left side. The person who committed this wanton act was described as a young man with a speck or blemish on his left eye. That he had been lately among us was evident from his being newly shaved.

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